Charity dinner success for brain disease families
Scoop.co.nz Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:47 PM PST
On the night of what should have been her wedding day, Leanne Knox helped to raise $32, 800 for people with Huntington’s disease. The Mt Eden-based 25 year old turned her engagement disappointment into a fundraising dinner at Butterfly Creek, near Auckland Airport, on Saturday night. |
Experts Focus on Post Traumatic Epilepsy in Military Personnel and Civilians
Newswise Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:30 PM PST
Post-traumatic seizures and epilepsy can develop anytime from immediately to days or weeks to more than a decade after brain injury. Not all military personnel who have experienced combat-related TBI obtain care in the VA hospital system. Many integrate into civilian medical practice and receive care from healthcare professionals who might not recognize TBI as the cause of the epilepsy. |
Topeka Murder Trial Postponed
Kansas Public Radio Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:20 PM PST
The trial of a 43-year-old man charged with killing a man in Topeka has been postponed so the defendant can be evaluated for a brain injury. |
Virtual Biopsy May Allow Earlier Diagnosis Of Brain Disorder In Athletes
redOrbit Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:17 PM PST
In a study of ex-pro athletes, researchers found that a specialized imaging technique called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disorder caused by repetitive head trauma that currently can only be definitively diagnosed at autopsy. Results of the study were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ... |
Train your brain with your body
Adrenaline Vault Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:04 PM PST
Bruised? Body aching? Too much jumping about and bashing into furniture? Well now it’s time to give your brain a Kinect workout, too. Dr. Kawashima’s Body and Brain Exercises is set to arrive in February. Players of all ages must think fast and act even faster as they respond to math, logic, reflex, memory and [...] |
Meditation great way to battle stress
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:03 PM PST
Meditation is a brain-boosting, stress-busting activity that isnow embraced by everyone from the U.S. military to corporateexecutives. And if you're living a busy, hectic life â€" and can'tfathom finding time to sit cross-legged in a quiet room â€" you're anideal candidate too. |
Brain Injuries: 'Virtual Biopsy' May Help Diagnosis
The Huffington Post Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST
CHICAGO Football players with memory and behavior problems have no way of knowing for sure if getting hit too many times caused brain damage. The only test to diagnose their condition is done after death in an autopsy. |
Diabetic brains 'low in cholesterol'
Herald Sun Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:31 PM PST
UNTREATED diabetes may contribute to reduced cholesterol available to the brain, a condition that has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease and several other disorders. |
Yo-yo dieting alters genes linked with stress
Science Daily Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:13 PM PST
Stressed-out mice with a history of dieting ate more high-fat foods than similarly stressed mice not previously on diets, according to a new study. The findings suggest that moderate diets change how the brain responds to stress and may make crash dieters more susceptible to weight gain. |
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